SCRAPPER (2023) ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Charlotte Regan
Lola Campbell, Harris Dickinson, Alin Uzun,
Ambreen Razia, Aylin Tezel, Carys Bowkett
The protagonist of this movie is a 12-year-old girl named Georgie, living on her own as she tries to process the death of her mother. She's doing just fine hanging out with her best (and only) friend Ali, dodging social services and stealing bicycles for the money she needs to get by, till her long-absent dad drops in. A nicely worked-out character study tracking the grudging, evolving relationship between two people who are a lot alike and, starting out at least, clash more than they connect. Lola Campbell and Harris Dickinson seem just right in the leads - the girl more grown up than most 12-year-olds, and her dad, at 30, still trying to figure stuff out himself. Now, if he'd just upgrade his housekeeping habits, and she'd maybe wash that soccer jersey she wears all the time, and they'd come to some agreement on what color to paint the living room . . .
